It’s still not yet known what cuts will be made to the hardware to facilitate the $99 saving over the new Xbox 360 S 250GB model.

The first iteration of the Arcade SKU of the now defunct original Xbox didn’t include a hard drive and also lacked some of the shiny trim seen on higher-end models. Later models included a low-capacity 20GB HDD.

Likely candidates for the chop in this new SKU are the in-built wi-fi and, most likely, a lower capacity HDD.

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